College Well-Being

College can be simultaneously exciting and stressful. It can be challenging to juggle responsibilities like attending class, studying long hours, balancing a social life and work life, and staying safe and healthy. Maintaining your well being in college can be helpful in balancing your academic and personal life. 

In recent years, wellness has become the cool thing to do and wellness on social media is often classist, ableist, and/or racist. Not everyone can afford fancy skincare or has the ability to go on a run and many influencers appropriate practices from other cultures. A person's culture and personal values are the only thing that dictate a person's approach to wellness or self care. 

Think of wellness as an action you take to feel better on a day to day basis. Wellness is something you control and part of your well-being. External factors, like where you live, can affect your well-being too. 

Instead, some people think about well-being in the context shown above. Take a moment to reflect on which of these elements are going well right now. Have any of these been on your mind recently? 

When you go to college, you are in a new environment with new people. How you engage with your well-being might change or be completely different. Instead of talking to your high school friend’s everyday at school, you might have to arrange a FaceTime call with them once a week. 

For more information, check out the Be Well tabs on the Student Health Center website.